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Ximian to Change License for Mono

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the winds-of-change dept.

A Commentor writes: "According to news.com Ximian is changing the license to Mono from GPL to a variant of the XFree license. Apparently this is due to a partnership with Intel." Update: 01/28 15:03 GMT by T : There's a story at NewsForge as well, where RMS weighs in firsthand on the license choice.

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  1. Re:What the..?! What point is that part of Mono th by virtigex · · Score: 2, Funny

    Clearly, what is needed here is a MIT-style license that specificly excludes Microsoft, since that's what everybody is worried about. I'm not quite sure whether I'm saying this is jest, since I suspect it might appeal to many people in this forum. Here's a first stab at it, taken from the MIT license.

    Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person, other than an employee or agent of Microsoft Corporation, obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:

    The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.

    Disclaimer...

  2. I had Mono as a kid... by Gazelem · · Score: 2, Funny

    Does this mean I now owe royalties?